ESL Past Simple vs Past Continuous

My granny ...................... her leg last week.

• broke

• break

• was breaking

• were breaking

I ................... a noise, while I ........................ my homework.

• was hearing, did

• hear, do

• heard, was doing

• heard, did

He ................................. for half an hour before they .....................

• waited, were arriving

• was waiting, arrived

• wait, arrive

• was arriving, waited

He ......................... me to say they would be late.

• were phoning

• phone

• was phoning

• phoned

Where ......................... when you ........................ him?

• was he going, saw

• he goed, see

• he went, were seeing

• he go, seen

We ................ down by the river, when it ................. to rain.

• walked, was starting

• walking, started

• were walking, started

• walked, started

The postman ................... while I .............................. the house.

• was arriving, left

• arrived, was leaving

• arrive, leave

• arrived, leaved

I .................... my finger while I .............................. vegetables.

• cutted, chopping

• was cutting, chopped

• cut, chop

• cut, was chopping

................. they ........................... to the party?

• Does she know, came

• Did she know, were coming

• She knew, come

• Did she know, was coming

They .................. while they ............................ in Paris.

• met, were working

• were meeting, worked

• meeted, working

• met, worked